• Again, I was scared to death. I had zero grip, and I was lifting at the start/finish line going into one. It's embarrassing.

    Marco Andretti, Kansas 2007

  • At 220mph friendship, risk and victory become extremely volatile.

    Dan Wheldon

  • What a day. This place is magical. It is still the 'beginning of the season' for me but everything is starting to fall into place. This is the best month of May, ever.

    Helio Castroneves after winning the Indy 500, May 2009

  • I was frustrated since Motegi and wanted to prove a point. When you're in a competitive package, you can't let points slip. I can eat breakfast tomorrow morning now instead of stabbing my fork into the table.

    Dan Wheldon, Kansas 2007

  • Obviously we always see the good days, but Gil de Ferran told me if you can have a bad day and nobody notices, that's how you do a really good job - and that's how you win a championship.

    Simon Pagenaud on the 2016 season, ESPN.com, September 18th 2016

  • Less than a mile an hour and I'm on pole. It's tough. It's IndyCar. It's why we love it.

    Scott McLaughlan on qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 22nd 2023, via Speed Street

  • Gentlemen, start your engines.

    Wilbur Shaw

  • I love this championship and everything it represents. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be here. I wouldn't want to have it any other way.

    Alexander Rossi on IndyCar, The Indy Star, September 14th 2018

  • I still have the passion to drive the hell out of it!

    Juan Pablo Montoya on his motivation, NBCSports.com, July 12th 2016

  • She's just feeling the pressure of not winning races.

    Dan Wheldon on Danica Patrick, Milwaukee 2007

  • There is nothing like winning the Indianapolis 500 and fortunately I was able to do so.

    Eddie Cheever Jr.

  • I'm throwing this one out to Dan. This is his hometown, this is his car.

    James Hinchcliffe after his first career victory, St. Petersburg, March 24th 2013

  • My Father said if you are going to win one race, make sure it is the Indianapolis 500

    Eddie Cheever after winning the Indy 500

  • Every podium tastes like glory and every victory more so.

    Alex Palou on the calibre of competition in IndyCar, September 5th 2023, via Marca.com

  • The walls are white, the track is grey, the grass is green, and the sky is blue... your job is to keep them all where they belong.

    Johnny Rutherford's advice to Indy 500 rookies

  • If they want to be on the front page of USA Today, they can be my guest. If I ever want attention, I'm just going to get out of the car and beat the hell out of somebody.

    Tony Kanaan on Dan and Danica, Milwaukee 2007

  • Let's wait and watch.

    Tom Carnegie

  • I've got the Grandfathers Club with Helio and Juan, right?!

    Roger Penske on his older two drivers, motorsport.com, March 22nd 2016

  • I'm the happiest guy on earth right now!

    Rinus VeeKay on finishing 5th at the IMS Road Course, July 4th 2020

  • I am stupid.

    Zach Veach on Zach Veach after an off track excursion, IMS, July 4th 2020

  • The Indy 500 was the defining stage of my career.

    Mario Andretti

  • I have learned more in one week here than I did in my entire Formula One career.

    Jean Alesi, Bump Day, Indy 2012

  • I keep getting asked by Europeans, drivers also, if racing around IMS was boring an' easy. I just want to shake my head and walk away.

    Connor Daly, June 6th 2013, via Twitter

  • It's the biggest race in the world. It's not supposed to be easy.

    Marcus Ericsson on The Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 2023

  • Whoever has got the big balls is going to go fast!

    Helio Castroneves

  • I get one more opportunity to head into the defining racing venue of my career with a single, achievable goal: Win.

    Danica Patrick on her final Indy 500, The Players' Tribune, May 15th 2018

  • This is a huge day for the IndyCar Series and for our sport as a whole, for sure.

    Michael Andretti, February 22nd 2008

  • This has been the best season of my career in motorsport and I've learned so much. We'll be coming back to win this thing next year.

    Will Power on losing to Dario Franchitti, Homestead, 2010

  • For a moment, all is right with the world - Danica Patrick is leading the Indianapolis 500.

    Adam Alexander, Indy 2005

  • It's a new... track... record!

    Tom Carnegie

  • ...one of the things that has always been wrong with that theory that NASCAR is the enemy... and they are... is because the people at NASCAR need to protect NASCAR.

    Curt Cavin on Trackside, May 13th 2010

  • This is just an excellent race and to be a part of the history, I'm really grateful for that.

    Roger Yasukawa, Indy 2007

  • I was going through there as hard as I could. It was for everything. It was for all the marbles.

    Sam Hornish Jr, Indy 2006

  • That's a cool shot of the glowing brake disc!

    Colton Herta watching a replay of his pass on Rossi, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 3rd October 2020

  • It's a living, breathing, organism.

    Eddie Cheever on Indianapolis Motor Speedway

  • I was just hanging back there waiting for someone to make a mistake and it turned out to be me!

    Colton Herta on the final restart, Road America, June 12th 2022

  • There's fathers out there. There's husbands. There's brothers, sisters. It's something that absolutely we think about. We hope for the best with it.

    Ryan Hunter-Reay on the dangers of racing an IndyCar, Pocono, August 23rd 2015

  • Now they've got competition and they are not talking about winning. I feel like they want to sit around and hold hands and sing. I want to win.

    Chip Ganassi on Honda, St Petersberg, March 23rd 2013

  • I'm 19 years old, I drive Indy cars... I'm happy.

    Marco Andretti, July 2006

  • Howard and me set the first and third fastest times of the day, and we both got beaten to grid slot 33 by a kid in Methodist Hospital with a smoking wreck of a car. The magic of Indy, huh?

    Paul Tracy, Indy Bump Day 2010

  • ...if everyone agrees on a spec kit, IndyCar needs to really use the chance to get something that looks good, doesn't have all this winglet crap stuck all over it, and doesn't create all this dirty air.

    Will Power on aerokits, motorsport.com, May 4th 2016

  • Brad Pitt got a super license before me. Tough.

    Colton Herta on Brad Pitt joining the F1 grid to film a movie, Twitter, May 4th 2023

  • I bet you'd love to drive one, you just wouldn't want to crash one!

    Charlie Kimball to Dale Jr. via Twitter, Pocono, August 23rd 2015

  • I was a craft beer and a wallet chain away from being a hipster!

    James Hinchcliffe on beard growth, Tim and Sid's Plays of the Week, September 14th 2015

  • It's amazing how different an Indycar is from anything else on a racetrack.

    Alexander Rossi, Autosport.com, April 26th 2017

  • That was for the team.

    Tony Kanaan, Fontana 2005

  • F1 is for sissies, this is proper racing, you can quote me on that!

    Dan Wheldon

  • I wasn't thinking, 'That's Eddie [Cheever] and he's in an Infiniti and so I need to beat him.' I was thinking, 'That's Eddie, and I want to kick his ass!'

    Robbie Buhl, after winning at WDW in 2000

  • We're all back to square zero!

    James Hinchcliffe on the start of a new season, Trackside, March 18th 2014

  • Most importantly, for the Indy 500 we'll probably be all okay, and that's cause to be happy.

    Mikhail Aleshin on Honda's prospects for the 2017 season, Motorsport.com, February 2nd 2017

Results

Results for Indy500 Front Row Qualifying Challenge

PosPlayerTeamPoints
1Ron DrewniakBlack Flag30
 Dave RammelDoodles Racing30
 Andrew MillerA.J. Foyt's PopOff Valve30
 RaceArachnid Racing30
 Darrell CoxRum Runner30
 Jonathan CloseLemming51 Enterprises30
 John BernbrockLittle Al Fan30
 Cruncher Block, IIIReturn to the Milwaukee Mile30
 LeesadeeYou Got Smoked30
10Jim FergusonTeam Kanaan20
 jim stringfellowRace Riot20
 C. Block, III backup car--20
 JahiegelJahiegel20
 Tom SpanglerReynard Honda Firestone20
 BritishDudeBritish Racing20
 Dale GleitzMallard20
 John BlaskoSpeed Master II20
 Nathan LosureWho Dat Racing20
 TrixieDennit Racing20
 Jim BlaskoLightning Blackie20
 Alayna BlaskoPit Layn20
 L.A. Hewitt-RubleClutchXCoast20
 Andy MillerSquadra Speedgeek20
 Andrew YUTeamPENSKErules20
 FitsTeam Mystery Machine20
 Alan LosureRebel Racing20
 Andy BernbrockLords of Dongtown20
 Andrewagn72720
 Melissa BarramedaBignumber420
 Gary Evansnrracing20
 The ApsterGallup Gunner20
32khb004Hoffman Racing10
 Kurt St. AngeloThe Yellow Shirts10
 Sixty YearsNovi Sounds10
 Sheila BlaskoPeppy Pistons10
 Matt CahillRick the Rocket10
 Cousin GrahamRuttman Racers10
 Ben DenewethGeedis Motorsports10
 dacBoiler Up10
 alexab10810
 craig StringfellowSquaredCircleracing10
 LeslieGo Helio!10
 Mike CockrallTeam Canada10
 Dave BulebushBbush Racing South10
 William WilsonG2 RACING CAR NO#30610
 liz walshScottie's girl #910
 Drew StormsBadStorms10
 Mike WilliamsFoytfanforever10
 FlatIntoOneThe Mongooses10
 Larry KellerRahal's Racerz10
 Adam EvartsEvarts Motorsports10
 Ben SmithFacta Nonverba Racing10
 OpenWheelNutJohnny Lightning Racing10
 SlimSlim Pickins10
 Gordon MartinezSting My Benjamin Marcus, Augustin10
 RodRamblin10
 JohnRacer X10
 Michael MisterkaGoCanadaRacing #3310
 JGC1965The Sliders10
 F-TypeTeam F-Type10
 KymKymopolis10
 Brian WallaceBWALL270010
 Steve MenteGoggles_Paisano10
64Bill Battle Red Racing0
 HannyyyroseLybarger Racing0
 Ryan Ellegood RAE Tennessee Racing0
 Dylan LLybarger Racing0
 Rob FoxxFoxx Indy Racing Enterprises 🔥0
 Scott BartonIndy500Fan0
 Joey NewgardenRacer OT0
 Candi JackmanJackman0
 Jordan Rinaldi WilmanJordan Rinaldi Wilman0
 June's BoyfriendGezzers0
 ManleighkowFeel the Power#120
 Andrew WoodFast Woody0
 Life Long FanA C Racing0